Exempt from the provisions of this chapter are commercial and
industrial equipment, trailers and vehicles of:
A. The Township or other governmental agency for the accomplishment
of a governmental purpose or a contractor or subcontractor under agreement
with the Township or other governmental agency to accomplish a municipal
purpose.
B. A public utility or a contractor or subcontractor under agreement
with such public utility, for the installation, maintenance, adjustment
or repair of or to a public utility facility, including utility trucks
owned by a public or quasi-public agency when the drivers are required
by their employment to respond to emergencies.
C. Commercial vehicles parked for the purpose of making deliveries or
improvements to a property or street location.
D. Commercial vehicles parked for up to 48 hours if the vehicle is involuntarily
parked because of mechanical failure or other emergency.
E. Trailers and recreational vehicles parked in the parking lots of
volunteer fire departments, but if and only if the Board of Commissioners
has granted an applicant a conditional use for such trailer or recreational
vehicle to do so.
Commercial vehicles and commercial equipment parked or stored
on nonresidential lots on a site owned by the business shall comply
with the following requirements:
A. Commercial vehicles and commercial equipment may be parked on a nonresidential
lot between the facade line of the business establishment and any
public right-of-way, but if and only if the commercial vehicles and
commercial equipment are parked perpendicular to the right-of-way
and if and only if the commercial vehicles and commercial equipment
are parked at a point no closer than 15 feet to the closest pavement
edge of a road.
B. Commercial vehicles and commercial equipment shall not be used as
an advertising sign or as a business sign and shall not be parked
or stored between the facade line of the business establishment and
any public right-of-way for more than 20 days in any three-month period.
C. Parking shall be on an improved surface to minimize mud tracking
onto roadways.
Commercial vehicles and commercial equipment parked or stored
on nonresidential lots on a site not owned by the business shall comply
with the following requirements:
A. Commercial vehicles and commercial equipment shall not be parked
between the facade line of the business establishment and any public
right-of-way for an aggregate period of more than 72 hours in any
three-month period.
B. Any commercial vehicle or commercial equipment that is parked between
the facade line of the business establishment and any public right-of-way
for an aggregate period of more than 72 hours in any three-month period
shall be considered off-premises advertising signs and subject to
those provisions of this chapter relating to signs.
C. Parking shall be on an improved surface to minimize mud tracking
onto roadways.
D. The requirements set forth above shall not apply to:
(1) Commercial vehicles or commercial equipment parked for up to 21 days
while the vehicle undergoes repairs, detailing or other services provided
by a licensed business establishment providing motor vehicle repairs,
auto body work, detailing or similar services.
(2) Commercial vehicles or commercial equipment actively engaged in a
construction project and which are parked no longer than the duration
of the construction permit issued by the Township on the private construction
site.
(3) Commercial vehicles or commercial equipment parked within a licensed
salvage yard or junkyard.
A limit of two pieces of recreational equipment and personal
watercraft including jet skis and similar personal watercraft and
all-terrain vehicles shall be exempt from the screening requirements
of this section.
[Amended 2-10-2015 by Ord. No. 1931]
The effective date of this article shall be 180 days after the
date of enactment by the Board of Commissioners, but all recreational
vehicles currently parked or stored on residential lots in the Township
or bought prior to the enactment of this article are exempt from the
provisions of this chapter until January 1, 2016, but only if such
recreational vehicle is registered and recorded with the Township
Zoning Officer within 180 days of the enactment of this article. The
exemption for nonconforming commercial vehicles will be until February
15, 2015.